Colombia’s VP Oscar Naranjo to meet US counterpart Mike Pence

Colombia’s vice president Oscar Naranjo will meet with his United States counterpart Mike Pence on Friday as part of a week-long visit to Washington.

Naranjo told El Tiempo newspaper that the meeting will focus on three areas in particular: “the fight against drugs and the need for it to be confronted and understood as an integral issue; the progress in the implementation of peace agreements; and Colombia’s role as a key strategic partner of the United States in the region.”

Long history

Colombia and the US have been working together for decades to curb the production and supply of narcotics but almost to no avail.

To curb both crime and violence, Santos teamed up with the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime to implement a peace deal signed with the Marxist FARC guerrillas to seek a reduction in coca cultivation through rural development.

The United States, the world’s biggest consumer or Colombian cocaine, has refused to support these efforts and has insisted on forced eradication of coca crops.

Colombia’s VP Oscar Naranjo to meet US counterpart Mike Pence was last modified: November 14th, 2017 by Stephen Gill

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